A literary agent....

[Paul Whybrow]

A literary agent is nothing but a cheap salesman (or woman); while a writer is a cheap salesman (or woman) who also has to actually write the books.

John Hodgman

 

[Vagabond Heart]

why do his eyes look in different directions? That's quite a skill.

 

[Hannah F]

He has what we used to call a lazy eye. Or is possibly blind in one or both eyes. Or is a chameleon that hasn't quite finished morphing into its human form.